Tribal Leader Killed by Gunmen in Egypt’s Sinai, Ahram Gate Says

Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Unidentified gunmen opened fire on
the head of one of north Sinai’s largest Bedouin tribes, killing
him and his son, authorities told Ahram Gate as the military
pushed ahead with an offensive in the peninsula.

The sheik was killed as he returned from a meeting with
other tribal leaders backing the military effort to retake
control of the area after 16 Egyptian soldiers were killed in an
attack by militants on Aug. 5, the state-run website reported
today, citing security officials in the area.